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De Vera vs. Animas, et al

AMADO E. DE VERA, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE PEDRO SAMSON C. ANIMAS and THE PROVINCIAL WARDEN of South Cotabato, respondents.

G.R. No. L-48176 | 1978-08-14

R E S O L U T I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The merit of this habeas corpus application filed by petitioner Amado E. de Vera is not readily apparent. He admitted that his conviction for the crime of Falsification of Public Documents, more specifically, in connection with the tampering of some election returns in the November elections of 1967, held in the municipality of Polomolok, South Cotabato, had reached the stage of finality. 1 On its face, it hardly presents a case of illegal deprivation of liberty. It is not then easy to assail the validity of the order of commitment of respondent Judge Pedro Samson C. Animas, who denied petitioner's motion...